You will have to rephrase your question, because I flatly do NOT understand it. Do YOU understand that America was the PIONEER in mechanization and automation? Do YOU understand that that is WHY and HOW we became the technological leader of the world?

You will have to rephrase your question, because I flatly do NOT understand it. Do YOU understand that America was the PIONEER in mechanization and automation? Do YOU understand that that is WHY and HOW we became the technological leader of the world?

No. In the 19th century, American wages were higher than in any other country with the solitary exception of Britain, and we were rapidly catching up with Britain. That's because in the 19th century, America had a labor SHORTAGE. Which is why we were so much quicker to mechanize and automate. Because labor was SCARCE.

No. In the 19th century, American wages were higher than in any other country with the solitary exception of Britain, and we were rapidly catching up with Britain. That's because in the 19th century, America had a labor SHORTAGE. Which is why we were so much quicker to mechanize and automate. Because labor was SCARCE.

As I said, except for Britain, and we were rapidly catching up with Britain, and had surpassed them by the end of the century.

This is all, by the way, THOROUGHLY documented in The Rise and Fall of American Growth, by Professor Robert Gordon (of Northwestern University), widely considered the world's leading expert on the measurement of productivity. I devour books on economics by the dozens, and in my opinion, this is THE most important work in economics of the last 20 years.

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